Handouts for May 2011 GIS Workshop

• Why GIS in Education Matters - Joseph Kerski
• Spatial Thinking Habits of Mind - Joseph Kerski
• Food Expenditures - Joseph Kerski
• Investigating the Red River - Paul Nagel
• Earthcaching - Paul Nagel
• Introduction to Spatial Cognition: Activities and Sample Projects - Marsha Alibrandi
• The Spatial Dimensions of Social Studies - Marsha Alibrandi
• Learning Connections Geo-Cool Exploring with Geotechnologies
• Online resources for Teaching History, Political Science & Social Studies - Marsha Alibrandi
• For More Information
  • ArcGIS Online:  http://www.arcgis.com
  • ArcGIS Explorer Online:  http://explorer.arcgis.com
  • Landsat historical satellite imagery and change detection tools:  http://www.esri.com/landsat
  • ArcGIS Explorer Desktop:  http://www.esri.com/arcgisexplorer
  • Esri Education Community http://edcommunity.esri.com
  • Smartphone Blog Entry: http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2011/04/22/comparing-the-precision-and-accuracy-of-locations-recorded-by-gps-vs-smartphone-part-2-of-2.aspx
  • Esri Blogs: http://www.esri.com/news/blogs/index.html
  • ArcGIS Explorer Online Help:  http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/help/
  • GIS to GPS Lesson:  http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=302
  • ArcLessons:   http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons.  Search by author, topic, and more!
  • Our World GIS In Education curriculum:  http://www.esri.com/ourworldgiseducation
  • 600 videos about geography:  Geographyuberalles:  http://www.youtube.com/geographyuberallles

TEKS-CCRS Gap Analysis Reports

• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies 

Higher Education and Public Schools (HEAPS) Documents

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